Wolffhardt wrote:
The list of 100 GS is a short list. All of those rings on the AH...? Those are theirs. They're waiting for prospective buyers to come along that need those rings, and then they'll convert all of their gil/time invested in leveling GS and then also HQ'ing those rings into realized profits.
The number of people that need genius rings is finite. Removing a prospective buyer from the pool for a "tip", rather than banding together and ensuring that person has to buy from the items they've already invested in creating would be foolish.
You might find someone, from time to time, but if you're asking someone to craft you a gil synth for a tip.. In general, we've realized it's better to say no. Chances are that means you'll buy something we've already invested in creating and are waiting to sell.
Ignoring how many times people decide to help someone out, and craft something (even HQ it), and get tipped some gil and then see that item sold in 2 weeks.. Thus removing two prospective buyers from the pool for your already created items.
No thanks.
Why is this concept foreign to people? Every HQ they make out of your mats is a HQ they'll never sell, in a VERY finite pool of buyers. Especially in this scenario where theres near dozens of them up on AH.